Data Center Fabric Manager Enterprise User Manual - Supporting DCFM 10.3.x (53-1001357-01, October 2009)
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Chapter
15
FC-FC Routing Service Management
In this chapter
•Devices that support Fibre Channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
•Fibre Channel routing overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
•Guidelines for setting up FC-FC routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
•Connecting edge fabrics to a backbone fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
•Configuring routing domain IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Devices that support Fibre Channel routing
The FC-FC Routing Service is supported only on the following devices:
• 40-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
• 80-port, 8 Gbps FC Switch
• 4 Gbps Router, Extension Switch
• 8 Gbps 16-FC ports, 6-Gbps ports Extension Switch
• Director chassis, when configured with any of the following blades:
• 4 Gbps Router, Extension Blade
• FC 8 GB 16-port Blade
• FC 8 GB 32-port Blade
• FC 8 GB 48-port Blade - the shared ports area (ports 16-47) cannot be used as EX_ports
• 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports Extension Blade
• Backbone chassis, when configured with any of the following blades:
• 4 Gbps Router, Extension Blade
• FC 8 GB 16-port Blade
• FC 8 GB 32-port Blade
• FC 8 GB 48-port Blade - the shared ports area (ports 16-47) cannot be used as EX_ports
• 8 Gbps 12-FC port, 10 GbE ports, 2-10 GbE ports Extension Blade